Saturday, May 25, 2013

International Jazz Day and National Tap Dance Day

When I first saw that today is International Jazz Day my first thought was it would be a good excuse to play a Tuba Skinny video. But wait, since when did I need an excuse to play Tuba Skinny videos?There are some famous jazz musicians and some not so famous that I could pull out of the youtube hat. When I think of jazz I think of a definition of Jazz I read once: Improvisational Music. It means to improvise with what you got. I think Harpo Marx, below, in the movie A DAY AT THE RACES and his fellow musicians do a great illustration of improvised music. And they threw in some tap dancing too, which today is also National Tap Dance Day. You're on Harpo!